Bassett, Angela (1958)
The Stella from How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Famous People Born on August 16
From the Who2 database of 4,806 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Begin, Menachem (1913)
The prime minister who signed the Camp David accords -
Bolten, Joshua (1954)
Chief of Staff to George W. Bush, 2006-2009 -
Bukowski, Charles (1920)
The guy who wrote the movie Barfly -
Cameron, James (1954)
The director of Titanic and Avatar -
Carell, Steve (1963)
The star of The 40 Year Old Virgin and The Office -
Evans, Bill (1929)
One of the all-time greats on jazz piano -
Gray, Freddie (1989)
The Baltimore man killed in police custody in 2015 -
Hughes, Ted (1930)
The English poet who was married to Sylvia Plath -
Madonna (1958)
The pop superstar singer of "Material Girl" -
Moseley-Braun, Carol (1947)
The first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate -
Moxley, Martha (1960)
The young victim who was the subject of the book A Murder in Greenwich -
Smart, Pamela (1967)
Real-life basis for the murderess in To Die For -
Stagg, Amos Alonzo (1862)
Football coach at the University of Chicago, 1892-1932